Missouri State University student was allegedly raped hours after attending #MeToo rally

Zachary Alperin was arrested and charged Wednesday with second-degree rape and sodomy. (Greene County Jail)

A Missouri University student was allegedly raped in her dorm room hours after she attended a #MeToo rally to show support for survivors of sexual assault.

Zachary Alperin, 22, was arrested and charged Wednesday with second-degree rape and sodomy. According to court documents obtained by the Springfield News-Ledger, Alperin met up with a woman shortly after the rally Saturday in Central Park Square.

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The pair went several to bars in downtown Springfield together before returning to the woman’s room on the Missouri State University campus. She told police she allowed Alperin to sleep in her room, but asked him not to touch her due to the amount of alcohol she had consumed, according the probable cause statement.

When she woke up later in the night, the 22-year-old MSU student was allegedly on top of her and naked. The unidentified woman claimed he performed sex acts on her until she managed to push him away, the News-Ledger reported.

“I guess I tried to force myself on her,” Alperin allegedly told authorities, “and I feel like such a terrible person for it.”

Alperin was released from custody after posting $20,000 bond.

If guilty, he faces a maximum sentence of up to seven years behind bars.